Allied Waste Services will pick up autumn leaves over three 2-week periods, beginning November 5. Thousands of trees drop leaves every year through the 17-plus square miles inside the Albany city limits. Residents can help keep streets, gutters, and sidewalks free of leaves by raking and sweeping regularly and putting as many leaves as possible in the yard debris carts provided by Allied Waste or collecting the leaves to use as winter ground cover for sensitive plants or for compost.

Allied Waste will pick up leaves:

• November 5-16;
• November 19-30; and
• December 10-21.